Please don't get all butt-hurt again, Darin.
I agree that experience can be a valuable teacher - I have a bit of experience myself, although I will spare you the boring and irrelevant details.
Suffice it to say that without the ability to effectively communicate with others, any experience and/or derived knowledge is absolutely worthless.
P.S. despite your formidable resume, defending Phred will not help your credibility amongst the cognoscenti on this forum.